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Object Type
Museum number: G3,RUnc.6
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Bust of Commodus, draped, cuirassed, head, laureate, right. (obverse); Castor, naked except for cloak seen on breast and on shoulder, wearing round cap, standing front, head left, in front of horse left, holding it by bridle in right hand and with spear reversed, vertical, in left. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 177-178
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 7.290 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RE4 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus. Introduction, indexes and plates. (774, p.502); RIC3 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 3: Antoninus Pius to Commodus (648, p.266) (type); PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (646)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; equestrian; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Commodus; Representation of: Dioskouroi/Dioscuri
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1825
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: G3,RUnc.6
C&M catalogue number: RE4 (502) (774)

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